Ezekiel 32:16

Ezekiel 32:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord God."
• New Living Translation (NLT)Yes, this is the funeral song they will sing for Egypt. Let all the nations mourn. Let them mourn for Egypt and its hordes. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Context of Ezekiel 32:16

14Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord God. 15“When I make the land of Egypt desolate, And the country is destitute of all that once filled it, When I strike all who dwell in it, Then they shall know that I am the Lord. “This is the lamentation With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude,” Says the Lord God.’ ” 17It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 18“Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit:

Ezekiel 32:16 word by word

קִינָ֥ה הִיא֙ וְק֣וֹנְנ֔וּהָ בְּנ֥וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֖ם תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּה אוֹתָ֑הּ עַל־מִצְרַ֤יִם וְעַל־כָּל־הֲמוֹנָהּ֙ תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּה אוֹתָ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the lamentationקִינָהqîynâh · dirgeH7015
• wherewith they shall lamentקִינֵןqûn · to chantH6969
• her: the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• for Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and for all her multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:16

• Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: ‘You are like a young lion among the nations, And you are like a monster in the seas, Bursting forth in your rivers, Troubling the waters with your feet, And fouling their rivers.
• Ezekiel 26:17And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: “How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
• 2 Samuel 1:17Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,
• 2 Samuel 3:33And the king sang a lament over Abner and said: “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
• 2 Chronicles 35:25Jeremiah also lamented for Josiah. And to this day all the singing men and the singing women speak of Josiah in their lamentations. They made it a custom in Israel; and indeed they are written in the Laments.
• Jeremiah 9:17Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider and call for the mourning women, That they may come; And send for skillful wailing women, That they may come.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Daughters of the nations - Pagan kingdoms.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16This complete destruction of Egypt would lead them to recognize the Lord's power, just like during the exodus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. As in Eze 19:14. This is a prophetical lamentation; yet so it shall come to pass [Grotius].Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• God
• Lamentation
• Vex
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings